⛓ How to get better e-mail security ⚙️ with SPF, DKIM and DMARC

When you have access to Google Suite admin panel and ClouDNS admin bane, you can set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC as described here:

Enhance security for outgoing email (DKIM)

Enhance security

Authenticate email with DKIM. Set up DKIM to prevent email spoofing

Authenticate email

How to Control Spam within G Suite Email with SPF and DKIM

Mange SPF and DKIM

Enhance security for forged spam (DMARC). Turn on DMARC. Manage suspicious emails with DMARC.

More about DMARC

To prevent ID theft, spam and other forms of attack, you email should be configured for:

  • SPF
  • DKIM
  • DMARC

In 2015, many companies and organizations upgraded and modified their email systems to make them more effective against spam. The disadvantage of this is that it seems that legitimate email sometimes could be erased as SPAM. By using SPF, DKIM and DMARC, you can prevent emails you send being deleted as SPAM by accident. If the e-mail you send incorrectly is deleted as e-mail, you will find the procedure described here. If e-mails sent to you are erroneously deleted as SPAM, you can forward this message.

To prevent emails you send into the recipient’s SPAM filter, you have 3 tools at your disposal:

  • SPF
  • DKIM
  • DMARC

Abuse of your email address

These three tools prevent crooks from using your email address to send email with your email address as the sender and reply address. If scoundrels try to abuse your email address, you can choose to automatically be notified via email through the DMARC service.

Here you activate SPF, DKIM and DMARC

To configure and enable these tools, log in to:
Google Suite admin paneland on
ClouDNS admin panel
Detailed instructions can be found on the links below.
See how to access the ClouDNS control panel here:
Create you CLouDNS account.

Technical information

Description of the three security solutions:

SPF

Visit this page for more details:
Set ups SPF with Google Suite

DKIM

Visit this page for more details:
How to setup DKIM with Google Suite

DMARC

Visit this page for more details:
How to setup DMARC with Google Suite

ClouDNS.net

Visit this page for more details:
Get access to the ClouDNS admin panel

Access to Google Suite admin panel

Visit this page for more details:
Google Suite admin panel

Disadvantages

Only drawback with these three tools is that you should only use SMTP servers for Google to send emails from copiers and other network connected devices.

Details if you want to do the work yourself can be found here.
TBT is happy to help you make changes so your scanners, copiers, fax machines, webcams and other devices use the SMTP service for Google. Work is invoiced after hours worked.

Problems with emails being sent to you
end up in the SPAM filter or not coming to you?

If you find that emails your customers, suppliers or audience send you to ports in the SPAM filter at Gmail or in Outlook with you, you can forward this email to your customers or suppliers. If your customers and suppliers want more information or help activating SPF, DKIM and DMARC, you can refer them to TBT.no AS for assistance.